How Demetrio Giotti Keeps Beating Pinnacle: European Basketball Profits with Liquidity and Precision

If you’ve been struggling to follow tipsters because soft bookies have limited or closed your accounts, or because tips are sent into weak, illiquid markets, then this is for you.

Demetrio Giotti offers something different — a long-term profitable service built on sharp prices, real liquidity, and a market still underexploited by most punters.

And fresh off a stellar 2024/25 season (and with a 10 year winning record to boot), interest in his service is sky high.

Read on for more and how you can join his waiting list to grab one of only 50 spaces next Thursday!

🏀 Why European Basketball?

Demetrio specialises in European basketball, a fast-growing but still exploitable market. He targets top-tier competitions such as:

✔️ EuroLeague
✔️ EuroCup
✔️ Spain’s ACB League
✔️ Italy’s Serie A

While these leagues are hugely popular across Europe, they remain under the radar for many bettors globally and offer opportunities for a shrewd analyst such as Demetrio.

Backed by years of experience, his selective approach pinpoints value in the moneyline, handicap and totals markets – all with solid liquidity and high betting limits.

And even if you don’t follow European Basketball, it matters little if you simply want to use his expertise to profit in these markets.

Proven Profits on Pinnacle’s Sharp Lines

All official tips are advised using Pinnacle’s odds – widely considered the most accurate pricing in the industry.

Most bets are sent when Pinnacle limits are already $1,000+, and even in lower-liquidity leagues (like Serie A or EuroCup), Demetrio ensures the market can handle $750–$900 stakes before advising a bet.

This means that when he advises a bet, the market is resolute and can absorb the stakes from his members without crashing the odds!

That means you can follow his tips via:

✔️ Pinnacle (direct or via brokers)
✔️ Soft bookmakers (if you still have access)
✔️ Shops or in-person betting

No rushing. No restrictions. Just value bets in real markets.

Track Record That Stands Up To Scrutiny

Since launching his service in 2016, Demetrio has achieved:

  • ✅ +259.5 units profit
  • ✅ 15% ROI from over 925 official bets
  • ✅ Backed by in-depth stats, line tracking & closing price analysis

In 2024/25 alone, he delivered:

  • 🔥 +40.4 units profit (22.3% ROI) from official bets
  • 💰 80.8% ROC based on a standard €4,000 bankroll
  • 📉 Even betting at closing prices would have returned 62.4% ROC

For the last few seasons, he has also shared extra Telegram-only unofficial plays with:

  • +11.7 units profit from standard bets (24.0% ROI)
  • +41.6 units profit from long-term bets (231.1% ROI)

This is an edge built on discipline, accuracy, and experience – and it has held up over nearly a decade in sharp markets.

Limited To Just 50 Members

To preserve the value of his advice and avoid unnecessary market impact, Demetrio’s service is capped at just 50 members for the 2025/26 season.

There are no exceptions to this limit. Once full, the service will close for the season.

Given his record and the interest already shown this summer, we expect these 50 spaces to go quickly – especially from returning members.

📝 Want to Learn More?

You can explore the full breakdown of Demetrio’s strategy, pricing edge, and last season’s performance in our recent blog post:

👉 Read how Demetrio Giotti beat Pinnacle again in 2024/25

📬 Join the Waiting List Now

If you want the chance to join for the 2025/26 season, the only way is via the official waiting list.

Spaces will open to those on the waiting list next Thursday the 14th August!

➡️ Add your details to the waiting list via this link:

https://smartbettingclub.com/demetrio-giotti-premium/

Your Guide to SharpBetting: Video Walkthrough Out Now

Following hot on the heels of our latest SBC Magazine release (Issue #151), we’ve just published a brand-new video walkthrough of the SharpBetting platform—now live on the SBC YouTube Channel.​

This video is the ideal companion to our full review of David’s Daily, featured in the latest magazine. It’s designed to show you exactly what’s under the hood—including how SharpBetting’s tools can help you uncover thousands of daily value bets for both football and racing.

We put this video together to highlight the extra value that might not be immediately obvious at first glance.

It’s part of our mission at SBC to spotlight the type of service that ticks every box: very affordable, well-run, transparent, fair, and genuine—all qualities we saw in SharpBetting and David’s Daily.

🎯 Why Watch the Video?

It breaks down:

  • What SharpBetting is and who it’s designed for
  • Why they set it up and the goals of those behind it
  • How the platform helps you find a huge number of racing and football value bets in real time
  • How you can make a profit even at low stakes.
  • The difference between David’s Daily vs. Sharp Monthly memberships
  • How Telegram integrates for instant bet alerts
  • Filters, value indicators (red vs. teal), bookmaker settings & more
  • Plans to expand the service and add new markets

📖 SBC Magazine #151 – Full Review of David’s Daily

If you are after more detail, in SBC Issue 151, we also published a full SBC review of David’s Daily — a curated, stats-led service built on strong logic and sharp execution.

Inside SBC Issue #151, you’ll discover:

  • Full breakdown of 1,500+ bets and long-term performance
  • How multiples are used to maximise value and smooth returns
  • In-depth simulations on staking, drawdowns and bank growth
  • Which accounts are most valuable and where to place the bets
  • A look at David’s methodology and what sets it apart
  • Plus: an exclusive SBC member discount and bonus onboarding offer

It’s a comprehensive analysis of one of the more compelling new services we’ve reviewed recently.

⚠️ Note: SharpBetting prices are set to rise from June, so this is the best time to join and lock in the value as an SBC member.

📥 Download SBC Issue #151 and read the full review now as an Smart Betting Club member.

 

David’s Daily Reviewed – Inside SBC’s April 2025 Magazine

Today saw the release of the latest SBC Magazine (Issue #151) which is once again packed with information, news, intelligence and reviews to help you to make your betting profitable.

DAVID’S DAILY REVIEWED

David’s Daily from SharpBetting takes centre stage this month as we ran this fledgling service through all of our usual in-depth analysis.

Run by David Hipkin, an industry expert, this curated offering has impressed and we have a special SBC discount available for members!

Inside we discuss:

  • A 1,500 bet sample, where profit is coming from and how the service utilises multiples to compound value.
  • The methodology behind the system and the types of bets that have driven bank growth so far.
  • Options for finding bets yourself to increase volume or find value with specific bookmakers and exchanges.
  • Staking, drawdown and simulation analysis to help determine betting bank options.
  • Which accounts will be most valuable when following these bets in.
  • Detail of the wider SharpBetting offering & future projects that David and Chris Fawcett are working on.

To get all of this detailed analysis you will require a SBC Membership, which gives you instant access to all of our content.

In addition to this review and all of our others, we have a SBC exclusive discount to accompany the review where you can save up to £15 on SharpBetting’s offerings. The details for how to access this are inside!

ALSO IN SBC MAGAZINE ISSUE #151

Alongside the David’s Daily review, we have several other pieces of content in April’s magazine.

They include:

  • A review of a new piece of bet tracking software from Christian Baier from Betting Is Cool which calculates CLV to tell you if your (or a tipster’s) strategy is likely to be profitable over the long-term
  • News of headline speakers for SmartBash 2025, which will be held in London in July
  • ‘Mailbag’ questions from SBC Members alongside our answers to them
  • News from around the betting world, with legislative clashes in North America and unpaid bets in Ireland both in the headlines

SIGN UP FOR INSTANT ACCESS

To gain instant access SBC Magazine #151 and all of our back catalogue of reviews and reports, you will require SBC Membership.

To sign up as a paid SBC member, just click here and follow the registration link.

Snapshot Review #1 Sharp Betting Boxing

In a new SBC feature we will be releasing Snapshot Reviews, where we take a look at services and let the betting public know about how they work, the performance during our time observing them and anything else that we pick up on whilst trying them out.

These reviews will not have all of the in-depth analytics that we use in our full reviews, but should give you a good idea of whether the service in the Snapshot is something that may interest you. These pieces will be free for everyone to view, whether they are an SBC Member or not.

Snapshot Review #1 Sharp Betting: Boxing

  • Boxing opinion pieces with recommended bets, analysis & more
  • Written by two well-established and experienced bettors with very different backgrounds
  • 14.68% ROI using a unit loss staking plan
  • Only 34 bets so far; difficult to measure CLV
  • Qualitative measurements (judgement!) used

 

Betting Bluster

Two betting events in 2024 left me questioning the betting world and its ‘experts’ more than any others and to be honest, I had no idea how to go about pricing either of them up. My bewilderment came from listening to or reading commentators exude overconfidence, blatant biases and hubris when talking about things that they very obviously had no domain knowledge of.

The US Presidential Election market was the first. I read some extraordinary takes about the probabilities of each candidate’s chances given their respective odds and the depth of the market in the weeks leading up to the Electoral College count. A book could be written about how some people would be (a lot) poorer if they really believed the things they said with such conviction but I’m A) a poor writer and B) too lazy to write a book.

The second event was Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, the weird, wonderful or woeful matchup (you choose which camp you fall into) that took place in Mid-November. Like US Politics betting, I would be lost if asked to price something like this up from scratch but yet again, I saw such disparate (yet definitive) opinions so confidently decreed – it was very clear that a lot of the ‘expert betting community’ had no idea either.

Sharp Betting: Boxing 

Luckily, this coincided with trying to learn a little about boxing betting via the Sharp Betting site and their collective commentary around the fight was a lot more balanced, probability based and, with the ‘bullshit detector’ on full alert due to everything else I’d seen, informed. The outcome was irrelevant to me (even though the core bet and top-up landed) – it was one of very few places that talked without emotion or the nostalgic memory of Tyson’s brilliance. Fighter A was up against Fighter B – what should the odds be? How did these odds compare to the prices available in the market? 

Sharp Betting’s boxing offering has been live since February this year and they have provided 30 pieces during that time, talking about everything from specific boxing cards and suggested bets right through to quizzes, opinion pieces, trends and analysis – all of which are freely available to read here. New previews are promoted on Sharp Betting’s social media channels for less regular visitors to the site. 

The Numbers

I will get into what I think about this content shortly but first you will no doubt want to know how these opinions have stacked up figures wise.

You can find a full record of Sharp Betting’s boxing recommendations here, with the following headlines:

  • 34 bets have been advised with selections ranging from straight ‘win’ bets through to round betting, method of victory betting and some multiples where value was identified in several spots on a card
  • The advised odds average out at 3.63 (2.63/1) with the shortest-priced selection being put forward at 1.33 (1/3) and the longest-priced selection being put forward at 19.0 (18/1)
  • 17/34 (50%) of bets won, with the longest priced of these delivering at 5.0 (4/1)

No stakes are advised alongside selections so I have deployed a unit-win strategy to assess the bets with a uniform edge. With all bets staked to make £100 profit, turnover totals £3,337.22 so far and the resultant profit of £473.07 using this strategy represents a 14.68% ROI. 

Reading the columns will give you an idea of the conviction that the writer has – variable staking is well worth considering here if you ever follow the advice in as both massive ricks and lukewarm leans are both present throughout the catalogue – my crude unit-win numbers can no doubt be improved upon.

This sample is still small so we can’t read too much into the data so far. Ordinarily I would use Closing Line Value (CLV) to analyse such a sample but obtaining accurate closing odds for most selections was difficult (please see the notes at the bottom of the results sheet for more information). With both of these things in mind, we need something more qualitative to judge whether the service is worth following moving forward.

About The Contributors

The core contributor is David Hipkin, the co-founder of Sharp Betting and a former boxing trader in the industry. David has been responsible for the majority of the selections and write-ups so far and you can see/hear him talk about his betting and processes in several videos on the Sharp Betting site.

The other regular contributor is Johnny Wright, a well-connected US wing of the group who brings nuance and a very obvious expertise to the fore. 

Both David and Johnny talk about past fights, fighting styles, psychology, ‘ring IQ’ and the verbal sparring that preempts the physical action. From all that I have read, David leans on this heavily for his analysis; Johnny introduces less visible factors (boxing politics, the unseen yet evident pressure on judges & boxing media narratives) to provide a good blend of the quantitative and qualitative.  

In this video, you can view the pair talk about the biggest bouts of 2024 from a betting perspective, with price and probability yet again central to everything they cover:  

Is It Worth Following?

So, is it good? I’m nowhere near being a boxing betting expert but I feel that I’ve seen enough tipster services and commentary to take a stab at answering the question with a few observations.

I like the fact that odds and probability are central to every chat. The underdog is value? Why? Fighter A is 1.33 but should be 1.2? Why? These questions are posed and answered, something that is an issue in betting chat generally, but especially so in the boxing content I have consumed.

David’s first write up – which covered the Ngannou vs Joshua and Zhang vs Parker bouts – is a prime example. The fact that both of his recommendations won is irrelevant when we’re looking for a long-term edge – he called the fights based on the odds and the chances of the fighters winning, not by lazily saying ‘I think this fighter will win, 2 point win’. Here is how he concluded his Zhang vs Parker write-up:

‘When this fight was announced, Parker was a generously priced 3/1 outsider. You’ll do well to find 2/1 odds for him now.  Zhang is a huge test, but he is a 40-year old man with a 20-stone frame to carry over the scheduled 12-rounds.  Parker is underrated in this fight, he will present more movement, speed and athleticism than Zhang faced in his headline-grabbing wins over Joyce. I think the market has got this one wrong and would have Parker no bigger than 6/4.’

 Johnny’s writings have a different flavour, as the man himself points out here:

‘We will weigh thoughts about each of the fights we dissect by giving a breakdown of some of the lesser analyzed & somewhat overlooked aspects of each fight and fighter. Many of the aspects of the fights we analyze might not be considered by the average bettor and/or might not be weighed heavily enough. In fact, some of the stuff we discuss might be completely overlooked by some bettors, possibly due to some bettors being swayed by Boxing Media propaganda or the consistent ramblings of many clueless online casuals.’

This type of take on other commentary is one that I appreciate but can it provide the edge we are looking for?

I think so. Johnny’s breakdown of the mental frailties of both fighters in the Joshua vs Dubois fight was a fascinating read and before making a value based call, he freely admitted the uncertainty he felt: ‘Trying to look into the psyche of Daniel Dubois to try to figure out his mindset heading into this specific match is like trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube after drinking 12 pints of Guinness.’

After ‘toing and froing’ he landed two bets based on odds he thought were too disparate from their opposites – Dubois to win and for the fight to go the distance. The former landed (at odds of 4.50) but the latter lost (at 5.00) as Dubois KOd Joshua in the 5th.

Away from the relative merits of any given fighter, analysis of the collective mindset of the market is a prominent factor in David and Johnny’s work and I have been regularly reminded of ‘talking horses’ who are so often overbet. They regularly oppose this mindset with very clear reasoning whenever they do so.

Conclusion 

The snippets shared above provide examples of what we can expect from Sharp Betting’s boxing coverage and this Saturday (21st December) will provide another that we can watch play out live. A 4.0 (3/1) shot is Johnny’s call for ‘Usyk vs Fury II’ – you can read why here.

What I have observed from Sharp Betting’s offering so far is excellent and it fits the criteria of what I look for in analysis and commentary. Doubt is a positive, probabilistic calculations are essential and the market can be both a guide and a paradox (see Paul vs Tyson) with a sport that is so hard to model.

As a ‘boxing betting layman’, I rate this service and will continue to follow it. Listen to the chats or read the previews and you hear about bouts talked about in a way that is the polar opposite of the overconfident bluster I referenced in the introduction.

Do I rate Sharp Betting’s boxing offering enough to follow in selections with chunky stakes? No, probably not. This isn’t due to a lack of confidence in the contributors – I really like what I’ve seen so far. I save my bigger banks for things that I have an opinion on myself and with any tipster/betting record, I like to build up a more comprehensive idea of CLV and other data points before taking the plunge towards staking aggressively.

What I will be doing is reading and listening to anything they produce and follow them in for bouts that I will be watching (starting with Usyk vs Fury II this weekend). If you decide to join me, good luck! 

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This Snapshot Review is a little less detailed than most of our reviews but I hope that the fact you’ve got to the end means you enjoyed it! If you would like to see what our more detailed analysis looks like then please click here to sign up for a Free SBC Membership which will provide you with a sample magazine with four full reviews inside alongside some other content from 2024 that we have delivered to our members.

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